Example sentences of "have been [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 2 | All the drawings were published in a magisterial catalogue by Peter Fuhring in 1987 and have been with Hazlitt for the last eighteen months . |
| 3 | They have been on exercise for a week , learning and practising the techniques of counterrevolutionary warfare in a rural setting . |
| 4 | The Lions have been on tour for a month . ’ |
| 5 | Up in the desolate Arctic region of Vorkuta , site of perhaps Stalin 's most infamous Gulag camp , miners in nine of the area 's 13 pits have been on strike for more than a week against dismal living conditions , and the bureaucracy of the Communist Party and Soviet government . |
| 6 | A quarter of the country 's coal miners have been on strike for three weeks demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev , the dissolution of the Soviet parliament and the transfer of power to the Federation Council , composed of the elected leaders of the 15 republics . |
| 7 | Within the balcony we 've got representatives from Tylers at Crawley , representatives of twenty three of our colleagues , who have been on strike for twenty weeks in defence of jobs , in defence of pay and equally important , in defence of safety standards |
| 8 | When the Minister visits north Devon will he consider the matter of British equipment and pay a visit to RAF Chivenor , which is waiting for the SAR Westland helicopters that have been on order for two years ? |
| 9 | Available gasifiers are well-designed and economically competitive , but most have been on sale for 18 months or less . |
| 10 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 11 | US Budweiser and the firm in Ceske Budejovice have been at loggerheads for almost a century , exchanging writs over the use of the Budweiser name . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 13 | Their decision could also be crucial to the outcome of a long legal battle between the ministry and women peace protesters who have been at Greenham for eight years . |
| 14 | It is not clear why the disease is usually not apparent until calves , turned out to graze in the spring , have been at grass for 2-5 months . |
| 15 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
| 16 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 17 | The growth in the numbers who have been without work for a year or more has been perhaps the most disturbing aspect of today 's unemployment , despite the Department of Employment 's interviewing of all the long-term unemployed , and the Government 's recent recognition of the need to direct job appointments at those who have been standing in the queue longest . |
| 18 | Would the Prime Minister confirm that today 's figures show the biggest rise in long-term unemployment in 10 years , that 1.3 million people in Britain have been without work for more than six months and that 750,000 of those have been without work for more than a year ? |
| 19 | Would the Prime Minister confirm that today 's figures show the biggest rise in long-term unemployment in 10 years , that 1.3 million people in Britain have been without work for more than six months and that 750,000 of those have been without work for more than a year ? |
| 20 | A particular problem in Northern Ireland is the long-term unemployed — the 55,000 people who have been without work for at least a year . |
| 21 | Proposals for the development of a Taurus system have been under consideration for much of this decade . |
| 22 | The contentious proposals have been under consideration for a number of years , says English Heritage , and are not principally attributable to its new director , the controversial Jocelyn Stevens , widely seen as a hardline , Thatcherite free marketeer . |
| 23 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 24 | The big dealers are really being hit as some have been under investigation for almost a year and have had their passports confiscated . |
| 25 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 26 | ‘ You can win money but you can not eat , ’ said a member of the Ukrainian-Russian squad who have been in England for the past fortnight . |
| 27 | Nor do they always distinguish Turks who have been in Germany for years from recent ‘ economic migrants ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ All these customers were gained from , or won in competition with , Castrol , who have been in Czechoslovakia for 30 years , ’ says Pomfret with delight . |
| 29 | Others have been in existence for years , yet seem to hold out little hope of attracting new recruits . |
| 30 | MAGISTRATES ' Courts have been in existence for hundreds of years , presided over by lay Justices of the Peace ( magistrates ) , that is people who have no legal qualification . |